pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwarecryptolock
MAL-2026-5089
Malicious code in cryptolock (PyPI)
Details
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: kam193 (b0140fddafadce54debaca7d9591e2770acd987aaf90ec7008b4ae4cf301c233) During installation, the code tamper with security settings and downloads and executes malicious executable. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-05-cryptolock Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - malware
Compromised versions (2)
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.